SOVA | CHRISTOPHE CLARET LAYLA

CHRISTOPHE CLARET LAYLA

Layla is a variation of Margot, the first Christophe Claret complication specifically developed for women, suffused with oriental colors in a 20-piece limited series.

The eagerly-awaited answer of the “He loves me… he loves me not” game appears at random in calligraphic letters (in Arabic) on the dial at 8 o’clock: Un peu (a little) – beaucoup (a lot) – passionnément (passionately) – à la folie (madly) – pas du tout (not at all)? The difficulty for the Christophe Claret team lay in adapting the movement of the Margot for this interpretation so as to match the right-to-left direction of Arabic script.

The natural pink mother-of-pearl dial reveals delicately engraved verses penned by the Arab poet, Qays Al Mulawwah.

The display back reveals the self-winding rotor, a delicately carved, flower-shaped carousel of colors symbolizing sentiments of love, with a central cabochon concealing the rotor’s ball bearings. Each one of the eight resplendent triangular precious stones denote a feeling – hope, passion, tenderness – also translated into Arabic.

20-piece limited series.

(MTR.EMT17.150-170)

Brand	Christophe Claret

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

CASE	5N red gold, baguette-set with 69 diamonds (4.80 carats). Pushers in 5N red gold.
DIAMETER	Ø42.50 x 14.52 mm
DIAL	Pink mother-of-pearl, white gold prong-set with emerald. Hands in steel with 4N pink gold tips.
FUNCTIONS	Hours and minutes.“He loves me… he loves me not” (“Effeuiller la marguerite” in French). Symbolic ”colour-feeling” on the winding rotor.
CLASP	5N red gold prong-set with pear-shaped diamonds.
STRAP	Emerald green alligator leather strap.
WATER RESISTANCE	30 m / 3 ATM.

FEATURES
The natural pink mother-of-pearl dial reveals engraved verses penned by the Arab poet, Qays Al Mulawwah. The poem from which these excerpts are taken tells the story of a young Bedouin poet, whose lifeless body is discovered protecting a final poem dedicated to his lovely cousin Layla, promised to another suitor.

MOVEMENT
Caliber: EMT17, self-winding. Diameter: 38.4 mm. Thickness: 9.76 mm. Number of components: 731. Number of jewels: 95. Escapement: Frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 vph). Swiss lever. Power reserve: 72 hours, two barrels.

WARRANTY
2-year warranty offered by Christophe Claret + 2-year warranty offered by SOVA.

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